Limb-salvage surgery offers better five-year survival rate than amputation in patients with limb osteosarcoma treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. A systematic review and meta-analysis
Background: Osteosarcoma is the most common primary bone sarcoma. Currently, the main treatment option for high-grade osteosarcomas is neoadjuvant chemotherapy, followed by surgical resection of the lesion and adjuvant chemotherapy. Limb salvage surgery (LSS) and amputation are the main surgical tec...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Bone Oncology |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212137420300749 |